"... How dearly He loves the humble of heart..."

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Continuing to listen and learn from St. Louis de Montfort’s treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, we hear more about the motives for embracing this devotion:
  1. St. Bernard tells us that God, seeing that we are unworthy to receive His graces directly from Him, gives them to Mary so that we might receive from her all that He decides to give us. His glory is achieved when He receives through Mary the gratitude, respect and love we owe Him in return for His gifts to us. It is only right then that we should imitate His conduct, “in order”, as St. Bernard again says, “that grace might return to its author by the same channel through which it came to us”.
This is what we do by this devotion. We offer and consecrate all we are and all we possess to the Blessed Virgin in order that our Lord may receive through her as intermediary the glory and gratitude that we owe to Him. We deem ourselves unworthy and unfit to approach His infinite majesty on our own, and so we avail ourselves of Mary’s intercession.
  1. Moreover, this devotion is an expression of great humility, a virtue which God loves above all others. A person who exalts himself debases God, and a person who humbles himself exalts God. “God opposes the proud, but gives his graces to the humble.” If you humble yourself, convinced that you are unworthy to appear before Him, or even to approach Him, He condescends to come down to you. He is pleased to be with you and exalts you in spite of yourself. But, on the other hand, if you venture to go towards God blindly without a mediator, he vanishes and is nowhere to be found. How dearly he loves the humble of heart! It is to such humility that this devotion leads us, for it teaches us never to go alone directly to our Lord, however gentle and merciful though he may be, but always to use Mary’s power of intercession, whether we want to enter His presence, speak to Him, be near Him, offer Him something, seek union with Him or consecrate ourselves to Him.
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Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful. Kindle in us the Fire of Your Love, as you have done in all our saints but especially in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother and Model for the Church. Enable us to learn from Jesus as Mary and the saints did by listening to ALL God has revealed in Jesus who told us: “Learn of ME, for I am Meek and Humble of Heart”. (cf Mt. 11:29)
 
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Dear Divine3,

Thanks for your “heart” which lets us know you are not only reading and listening to the words of St. Louis de Montfort, but also appreciating the Truth God gave this saint in writing his treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.

One of the main reasons I appreciate St. Louis de Montfort’s writing so much is his love for God’s Word and his faithful witness to Divine Revealtion given to us in Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church. The Truth of God is Eternal and thus He speaks for every time in history. St. Louis lived in the 1700’s yet his words continue to ring true for us today.

I hope those who read these threads on “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” as we proceed paragraph by paragraph through his little book, will be blessed and will continue to read and ponder his words. If you and any others have never read the book before and/or have never made the journey of 33 days in preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, I hope you will click on the link (in the title) which takes you to the online version of the book. You can also purchase a paperback edition (not too expensive) from Amazon. It is well worth your time. 🙂
 
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Dear patricius and Stephie,

Thank you both, again , for your faithful “hearts”! 🙂
 
I have been wondering, for decades now, when he will be made a doctor of the church.
 
Dear Roadrunner,

Thanks for your reply. St. Louis de Montfort is a great “Champion of Our Lady” and I would love to see more people reading and pondering his words and his life. He was a man who sought God’s Wisdom in Scripture and yet he is often misunderstood by Clergy and Laity alike. If he is not ever made a doctor of the Church, then God must have some good reason for not permitting it yet – or not permitting it all – God’s ways are so far above our ways, we often do not understand but we can believe in His Love and trust Him even when we do not understand.
 
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Dear Dorothy,

Thanks for your reply to Roadrunner. Only God knows the perfect timing for all things, and so I trust God will do what is best for His Church. His ways are so far above our ways!
 
Maria Christi,

That is so true. The Lord knows when the timing is best and will produce the most fruit.
 
Dear Dorothy,

Yes, especially those who love Jesus through Mary, it seems to me, begin to hear more and more her words: “Be it done to me…” God’s will always came first in Mary and she continued to learn from Jesus to be meek and humble, listening to Jesus and seeing all His actions she grew in her own knowledge of God’s Will. Mary lived on this earth always faithful to God’s Truth in Jesus, by the power of His Holy Spirit.

Like Mary we too need to learn from Jesus to pray as He taught us: “Our Father…”
 
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